Mongolia | Arkhangai | Zaya Pandita | Clear Mirror
Just finished the final pre-press work on yet another book: this one the famous Clear Mirror by the Khalkh Zaya Pandita (1642–1715). Once again G. Nyam-Ochir was the instigator of this project. The transliteration of the Clear Mirror , which has never appeared before in Cyrillic Mongolian, was done by his colleague P. Nyam-Ochir (no relation). This is quite a sizable work. This book, which contains only the first five parts of the eleven-part Clear Mirror , runs to over 600 pages. G. Nyam-Ochir Here is the cover: See Enlargement For those of you who read Mongolian here is the First 100 Pages Of The Clear Mirror . Nyam-Ochir asked me to write a short Foreword to the Clear Mirror (in English). I had already written about Zayain Khüree, the home monastery of the Zaya Pandita, for Guide To Locales Connected with the Life of Zanabazar, The First Bogd Gegeen of Mongolia , so I had some information. Just as I was about to prepare the Foreword, however, I happened to met up with Dr. Krizsti